Tips for manual migration from iBook G4 to MacBook

I have tried to use the migration wizard 4 times and it always gets stuck from my iBook G4 to my new MacBook.. I have reformatted my MacBook and will do the migration via and external Hard Drive manually. The documents are easy. Photos and Itunes is easy. Now I need help with manually migrating the following...
1. Safari and Firefox bookmarks, saved passwords, etc.
2. Mail, folders, history and accounts.
3. Other programs, i.e. Office, Photoshop, etc
Am I missing anything. I am sure I am overlooking some stuff that will make my move to the new computer much better. Can someone please post a "how to" bullet point list for the Mac challenged. Thanks!

You'll get more info posting here
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1219
as this a forum for Servers.
But just so you know, I wouldn't recommend using migration assistant to move more than documents from a G4 to an Intel Mac.

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